Four out of ten web users are Internet addicts

The study also reveals that individuals aged 24 and under spend an average of 6 hours a day online, compared with 4.6 hours for those over 24. — Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash

How addicted are we to the Internet, and how much can the technology affect our lives? To answer these questions, an English university has developed a scale to measure Internet addiction.

The researchers determined five different profiles of Internet users, classified according to their usage habits and emotional dependency. According to them, around 40% of all Internet users are addicted to the Internet.